Friday, August 31, 2012

TECATE BORDER CROSSING

Last month, July 2012, they had this approach to the border crossing closed off.  It is now open.  Much easier crossing.
THE Border fence.

Road Conditions - BAJA HWY 1




This road-work is being done on Hwy 1, just south of San Vicente, BC.  The road wasn't that bad, but widening it and smoothing out some curves, can't be all that bad. 

Monday, July 23, 2012

In Feb. 2012 we visited San Javier Mission, north west of Loreto, BCS, Mexico. While we were there we were able to visit a 'huerta' of a local rancher.  Very interesting side trip.
 
 On Guillermo's ranch is this 300 year old olive tree.  Amazing!




Our group was impressed!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Baja Animals

 Horse + donkey = mule.
 Pelicans.
 Farm-dog.
 YIKES!
 Skinny 'ganado'.  The drought in Southern  Baja has taken it's toll.
 Farm horse.
 Lizard.
 Beach dog and lobster.

Osprey

Just thought I would share some of my photos of Baja animals.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Tecate, BC, Mexico border crossing DETOUR

I was going through my photos and noticed that I left out the most important one in regards to the detour at the Tecate, BC, Mexico border crossing.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

TECATE BORDER CROSSING - DETOUR!!

 So....after a great drive from Ensenada through the wine country we encountered a detour at the Tecate, BC, border crossing.  This detour starts after the 'shut-down' round about.   You will be directed to make a left hand turn about a quarter to a half mile from the regular turn to the border.  Thankfully the 'desviasion' is well marked!!






 Then we were able to admire some interesting 'fence-art'.





Friday, July 6, 2012

Road Conditions-HWY 1-North of Jesus Maria, BC


This is Hwy 1 north of Jesus Maria, BC.  The road work continues north on past the military check-point. The road work is a continuation of the work done on Hwy that was abandoned last year, 2011.  The new road is very nice and it looks like the continuation will be just at nice.





 This is the down-hill curve just north of the military check-point at  Tomatal.
 New drainage showing how wide the road will become.
The surface is breaking up north of the Bahia de Los Angeles turn-off.  It will be interesting to see how it makes it thorough the HOT summer coming up.  We will keep you updated.

Road Conditions-San Ignacio, BCS to La Laguna, BCS




For those of you who travel from San Ignacio, BCS to La Laguna, BCS to go whale watching or those who go to San Juanico, BCS there is some good news....they are working on paving about 8 more miles of road.  They have already paved about 20 miles of the road and are now working on extending that.  It will definitely make the trip smoother.

Just got back from BAJA!

We left early Sat. morning Jun 23, 2012 to start our journey to San Juanico, BCS.  We stopped in Ensenada, BC to exchange money.  As you can see the exchange rate was 13.20 to 1.
Interesting truck-load.
We picked up some windows for our 5th wheel in Vicente Guerrero, BC.  Love the name of this place 'THE HOME CHEAP-O.  They have lots of building supplies at good prices.
We met these students at the Los Pinos Pemex south of San Quintin, BC. It sounds like an exciting 5 weeks.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

THE BEST tacos in Baja




On our way home we stopped at LOS TRAILEREOS taco shop.  The 'chef' is amazing, the beef so tender it melts in your mouth and it is very clean!  It is located north of Ensenada on the east side of Hwy 1.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

More Road Conditions-Hwy 1 Baja Mexcio

 Well, they are tearing up the malecon in Santa Roasalia AGAIN!  It looked like they are moving the light poles in further.  We will post more photos next month when we return from our trip south.
 This is the most amazing part of the road construction!  After over a year of NOTHING being done it is finally ALMOST finished.  SO nice to not have to travel in the dirt. And this was a very narrow part of HWY 1 north of Jesus Maria, BC, Mex.
 More work being done of HWY 1 north of Jesus Maria, BC Mex.
Hopefully it will be 'more' finished by next season.

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